paul wheaton

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Paul Wheaton, The Duke of Permaculture, is an author, producer, certified advanced master gardener, and owner of. He has created hundreds of youtube videos, hundreds of podcasts, multiple DVDs, and written dozens of articles and a book. As the lead mad scientist at Wheaton Labs, he's conducted experiments resulting in rocket stoves and ovens, massive earthworks, solar dehydrators and much more.
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Allen Jackson wrote:

Samantha Lewis wrote:
Hello Allen!


Here is the link to our cabin rentals:

https://permies.com/wiki/sepper


Thanks!

My wife is onboard, as long as we can bring our dogs (2 well-behaved great danes).  I'll show her the cabin options tonight when she gets home from work.



The dogstar has a place to keep dogs.
4 hours ago

Allen Jackson wrote:I'd love to attend, but I probably need to start sorting out room and board now, or I might not be able to make it...

What options for such are available there?



I think that all the cabins are open except cooper cabin.  
10 hours ago

Rob Norman wrote:I’m not in the USA.
Is there any chance this stuff will be recorded and released for the rest of the world?



I feel confident that nothing will be recorded.  Maybe some people will record stuff for their own use.  

We have filled my youtube channel with videos that are largely ignored.  And I have full movies out there that get very little attention.  

I am thinking that this event will be a nice gathering of people.  
11 hours ago
We have had a few people, recently ...   people with new accounts ...  appear to be frustrated that our staff do not take the time to be obedient to them.  People that hold the strong philosophy that there is a way, in their head, that we need to obey and it is frustrating that we do not obey.

I think that the cool thing with this site is that it is made of humans and we travel a human path.  So many other sites require humans to figure out their algorithms or nobody will see your posts.  And you never get to talk to staff - what is automated is all there is.  

I think most humans have been trained that hostility is rewarded.  So if they bring hostility to the table, they get extra candy.  I want to be clear that I don't like that path.  In fact, when hostility arrives, my reaction is "no soup for you!"




At the same time, when we have bugs, or bits that are poorly worded, I know that I appreciate wholesome feedback.  And I think when somebody finds something that can use improvement and we agree, the staff has been generous with thumbs, apples and even pie!

Commercial sites are getting very buggy.  They have fat cash flow, but they don't seem to care if people get screwed by the bugs.  And there is no way to even report issues.  

With permies, we have oodles of ways to share every thought.  To have a private conversation, or a public conversation.  A lot of concerns are addressed within minutes.  

Because of that, I think our software is very polished - unlike the commercial entities.  

Jeff Bigelow wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:
  - rmh in the yoga yurt
  - more with the hot tub
           o probably add in a hypocaust
  - upgrade rmh in fph
  - an indoor rocket oven in the outdoor kitchen
  - finish bun warmer
  - something for kai's cob cottage



These are the projects I’d be interested in. As October is a long way off and I’m not sure how work will look then, are these tickets transferrable here on Permies? It’d be great if I could sell my ticket for $500 and eat an ~$200 loss if need be.



Seems okay to me.

Chad Stephenson wrote:I have been wanting to attend a rocket mass heater event and learn how to build my own without being a Giligan.



And you can fire up a rocket mass heater or two.

Clay McGowen wrote:Hi Paul!
Thanks everyone for working on this :)
I will buy a ticket and show up!

My preference of projects in my preferred order:  

paul wheaton wrote:
  - an indoor rocket oven in the outdoor kitchen
  - rmh in the yoga yurt
  - finish bun warmer
  - something for kai's cob cottage
  - upgrade cob hat in dog star
           o hey how's the fence? could it hold a dog?
  - more with the hot tub
  - add a portable cob hat in fph
  - cob hat at cooper
  - upgrade rmh in fph




paul wheaton wrote:(and some people will stick around the following week)


This is probably a "following week" idea but...
I would joyfully part with an additional $500 if I could have some experts guide me through building my own Rocket Engine (suitable for BB attainment)
and/or another season extender and/or jtube rmh

Regardless, looking forward to this!



That sounds like a cool idea.  Uncle Mud is already saying that he plans to stick around for the second week.